A way to keep up with Ottawa's newest house concert series, happily making music and not making money since February 10, 2007

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Janine Stoll & Emma-Lee run hot & cool March 12

Janine Stoll and Emma-Lee are friends, share the ability to do many things well (Janine does great web design; Emma takes amazing photographs), but first and foremost are musicians, and their March 12 show here promises to be memorable.

We first heard Janine as part of the Babes for Breasts show we did that featured her, Rhonda Stakich, and Ottawa fave humans Ana Miura and Amanda Rheaume, and we were enchanted. Janine Stoll's solo work is poignant and passionate, movingly melancholy. She delivers songs that are precise in their imagery and their structure with an alto voice that iscontrolled but strong, sensual but self-possessed.

Where Janine is reason-over-passion, Emma-Lee is wide open. WhereJanine's songs have something of the arms-crossed-in-observation-and-self-protection to them, Emma-Lee's are expansive and soaring and delivered with a voice that feels as big as the sky. We caught Emma-Lee at a Stewart Park after-hours gig a couple of years ago, and fell in love with her voice -- and her choice in hats.

If you are a fan of musicians who craft songs with unexpected chords and words and deliver them with voices that are confident, expressive, and moving, you really need to get to this show.

Emma-Lee and Janine Stoll

12 March 2010, mingling at 7:00, music at 8:00

BYOB; options include bringing a donation for the Ottawa Food Bank and a snackable treat to share with other concertgoers

Suggested donation $20, in advance please. You can use PayPal or Interac e-transfers with Bob's e-mail.

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Who"s BobCat?

BobCat wants you to come to many, many shows. So while we are a BYOB operation, we strongly encourage responsible consumption. If you're drinking, please ensure you have a safe way home. If we feel you are unable to drive, we will call you a cab or work out a safe alternative for you.

BobCat also wants you to not have allergy attacks. So be advised that while we do our best, we can't get all of Cooper and Mia's cat dander out of the house. We love you. But we also love our cats. Can't we all just get along?

What's a house concert?

House concerts are intimate gatherings of friends and friendly folk to listen to wonderful music. They might be potluck suppers, or desserts. The constants are a musician or two (maybe three), an appreciative audience, and spellbinding shows that you'll remember. For more info, check out Home Routes, Acoustic Roof or Concerts in Your Home.